Grade: Six Grade Social Studies

Month: June


Main Concept

The Pacific Realm & Antartica




Guiding Questions

The Pacific Realm
  • The Lands Down Under
  • Island Migration
  • Island Nations

Antartica:
A continent without a population.


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Key Terms

The Lands Down Under: outback, marsupial , station.dreamtime, penal colony, geothermal power
Island Migrations: outrigger, tabu, Kastom, mana
Island Nations: Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, continental island, high island, low island, copra, trust territory

Antartica: ice shelf, pack ice, krill

Suggestions: Vocabulary words can be given as an introduction to each topic, or it can be given as homework after the introduction of each topic.



Holidays

  • Mother's Day
  • Memorial Day
  • Cinco de Mayo



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